Happy couples make me squirm, but just because I’m bitter, doesn’t mean that I can’t be happy for my best friend. I was asked to deliver a speech and I purposely made it as void of emotion as possible because I didn’t want to ruin Je’s mascara, but this is what I would’ve wanted to say instead of the lame-o speech I delivered:
“Je and I have known each other for seven years but we have only been friends for six. Now you ask, why only six years? Because she & I hated each other’s guts during freshman year. She thought I was a complete bitch and needless to say, the feeling was mutual. God knows how much I wanted to pull those butterfly clips from her hair. It’s funny how things turned out; now I can’t imagine having gone through adolescence without her.
Je & I always had a blast and when she left for Vegas, I temporarily forgot how to have fun. I’ve to admit, a part of me didn’t want her to succeed abroad so she would have no choice but to go back home. Yes, I’m a selfish person, sue me. Though I never discouraged her decisions back then because at the back of my head I thought she could always take the next flight back to Manila, just like how you’d flag down a cab. But at this point, I guess it’s safe to say that there isn’t really any turning back because here you are getting hitched.
The first time you broke the news to me, I immediately thought that this is another one of your impulse whims & that you’d get over the itch in a couple of months. Years passed and yet you have done nothing more than reaffirm your commitment to Jose. I probably share the same sentiment with your mom & dad because right now I’m feeling bittersweet. There’s a part of me who’s overjoyed because my best friend has found the best man to complete her fairytale story, and still there’s this fraction in me who feels dim at the idea that my sister is now officially one half of a whole. I always thought you were the twin God was supposed to send and somehow you getting married changes things. Just like how your mom & dad wishes that you’d be their little girl forever, how I wish we could all be nineteen all over again, drinking booze during exam week & puking our brains out all over the parking lot.
Things did change big time. The Je I’m seeing right now is far from the person I used to hang out with everyday. She is more refined, more mahinhin, and better in all aspects. I guess we have Jose to thank for this, so Jose, thanks for taming out wild child hehehe. (This is where you were supposed to laugh, people!!)
I remember during our Theology class, we had an exam to determine what we were most likely to be when we grow up. Je & I were considered as “most likely NOT to get married”. It still cracks me up to this day because we both said “Sino ba naman gusto magpatali?” Our plan was to break as many hearts as possible and rule the world until our biological clock kicks in; then we’d seek a sperm donor to impregnate us. Never did we imagine that one of us would be walking down the aisle.
Well, it just goes to show how unpredictable destiny can be.
Je, I still don’t have a gift for you because I have no idea what to give. All I can say is how thankful I am for having been blessed with a friend like you, Imah, and Mon, you guys are my backbone. Now that you’re married, I pray that Jose can be the backbone that you essentially need. I pray that you be insanely happy together. And I pray that you found everything you ever wanted & needed in him. Derive strength from each other, never stop saying I love you, and keep on proving to our Theology professor how wrong she is. Mabuhay mga adik!” 
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